Samoa vs Seychelles: Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods

Samoa

-480 hectares

in 2025

Seychelles

-218 hectares

in 2025

Samoa rank

161st

Seychelles rank

158th

Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods over time

Seychelles currently reports -218 hectares against -480 hectares in Samoa, a difference of 262 hectares.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Seychelles has been ahead every year.

Samoa ranks 161st and Seychelles ranks 158th of 235 countries.

Indicator: Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods
Unit: hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 8,225 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.